Definitions for ingenious
ɪnˈdʒin yəsin·ge·nious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ingeniousadjective

   Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

   This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn't even know I had.

2. ingeniousadjective

   Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.

   That is an ingenious model of the atom.

3. ingeniousadjective

   Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

   He sent me an ingenious reply for an email.

4. Etymology: From ingeniosus, from ingenium, from in + gignere, genere. Compare ingénieux; see also engine.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INGENIOUSadjective

   Etymology: ingenieux, Fr. ingeniosus, Latin.

   1. Witty; inventive; possessed of genius.

   'Tis a per'lous boy,
   Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable:
   He's all the mother's from the top to toe. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Our ingenious friend Cowley not only has employed much eloquence to persuade that truth in his preface, but has in one of his poems given a noble example of it. Boyle.

   2. Mental; intellectual. Not in use.

   The king is mad: how stiff is my vile sense,
   That I stand up, and have ingenious feeling
   Of my huge sorrows; better I were distract. William Shakespeare.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ingeniousadjective

   possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic

2. Ingeniousadjective

   proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc

3. Ingeniousadjective

   witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply

4. Ingeniousadjective

   mental; intellectual

5. Etymology: [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ingnieux. See Engine.]

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1. Ingenious

   Ingenious is the English name for Einfach Genial, a German abstract strategy board game designed by Reiner Knizia under commission from Sophisticated Games and published in 2004 by Kosmos. Across most of Europe it is titled as the local translation of Ingenious or Simply Ingenious, the notable exception being Mensa Connections in the UK.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Ingenious

   in-jē′ni-us, adj. of good natural abilities: skilful in inventing: witty.—adv. Ingē′niously.—ns. Ingē′niousness, Ingenū′ity, power of ready invention: facility in combining ideas: curiousness in design; Ingē′nium, bent of mind. [L. ingeniosus—ingenium, mother-wit, from in, and gen, root of gignĕre, to beget.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingenious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingenious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ingenious in a Sentence

1. Livy:

   Men?s minds are generally ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.

2. Barbara Klump:

   It was so exciting to observe such an ingenious and innovative way to access a food resource, we knew immediately that we had to systematically study this unique foraging behavior.

3. Prince CharlesPrince Charles:

   The only sad thing for me was not being able to go further into other parts of Nigeria, it is such a vast country and obviously there are so many other states and interesting areas. I know many are facing different challenges and other opportunities, so it was a pity not being able to do that, but otherwise it's always marvellous coming here because people are so friendly. I'm always intrigued by the way so many of these young, for instance, are developing really interesting ideas that they can turn into businesses and things like that, helping to tackle some of the real issues we face, particularly around the environment and waste and goodness knows what else. Very ingenious characters.

4. Andrew Orwig:

   This is a little more ingenious than most of the schemes, unfortunately, though, this preys on people who are uninformed and perhaps not well educated.

5. Sir Arthur Helps:

   Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ingenious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ingenious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ingenious
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingenious
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ingenious
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ingenious